By David Tuller, DrPH The recent publication of a review of pediatric "CFS/ME" that promoted the Lightning Process as "effective" has triggered renewed concern--well, ok, I've triggered much of that renewed concern--about the 2017 study on which this specious claim is based. That study, from an experienced team from Bristol ...

By David Tuller, DrPH Let me say this directly: It is way past time for Archives of Disease in Childhood to consign the pediatric Lightning Process study to the trash bin. As I have pointed out repeatedly, the Bristol University investigators recruited more than half their participants before trial registration, ...

By David Tuller, DrPH On Friday, I sent the following request to the University of Bristol. I cc-d Sue Paterson, the director of legal services. I received an automatic reply alerting me that Bristol was behind in responding to FOI requests, meaning that a response is unlikely within the mandated ...

By David Tuller, DrPH On May 15th, I sent a letter to Dr Fiona Godlee, BMJ's editorial director, alerting her that a new review in Current Opinion in Pediatrics had highlighted the Lightning Process as an "effective" treatment, based on a flawed study in one of her journals--Archives of Disease ...

By David Tuller, DrPH This week I've been taking some days for family stuff. But I have a minor victory to report. After a series of e-mails with the British Journal of General Practice about a false statement concerning the cost of "medically unexplained symptoms" to the UK National Health ...